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Irrigation 100 Hours Certificate Course

Irrigation course online. Understand the basics of irrigation. This course will teach you to design and manage simple irrigation systems for agricultural applications.

You will learn to understand the soil characteristics that affect irrigation needs (such as drainage and water holding capacity) and to estimate plant needs, plus about different irrigation systems, irrigation scheduling and equipment. Learn to understand and use this increasingly important aspect of agriculture.

Learning Goals: Irrigation BAG213

Explain the significance of soil in irrigation.

Explain how to determine when to irrigate in agricultural situations.

Manage irrigation in agricultural situations.

Explain the significance of different aspects of moving water including: drainage, pumps, filters, storage, recirculation, and re-use.

Select an appropriate irrigation system for a given agricultural situation.

Explain the principles of design for a simple irrigation system.

Design a simple irrigation system.

Oversee the installation of an irrigation system.

Lesson Structure:Irrigation BAG213

There are 10 lessons:

1 Introduction to Irrigation

Sources of water

Soil & water

How to improve water quality

2 Soil Characteristics & Problems

Understanding soils

Different soils are suited to different purposes

Sodicity, pH and salinity

Drainage, infiltration and uniformity

3 Estimating Plant Needs & Irrigation Scheduling

When to irrigate

Measuring water availability to plant

Rooting depths of plants

Irrigation calculations

Estimating water requirements of plants

Crop scheduling

Water volumes and duration

4 Drainage

Waste water treatment using reed beds

Suitable plants

Drainage

Dams/Water storage

Improving soils

Erosion

5 Types of Irrigation Systems

Traveling Sprinklers

Conventional Systems

Sprinkler Heads

Flood Irrigation Systems

Water Volumes & Duration

6 Trickle Systems

Trickle Irrigation

Microjet Irrigation Provides Many of the Answers

Maintaining your Trickle Irrigation

Trickle Irrigation: Prevention Of Clogging

7 Design Specifications

Hydraulics

8 Pumps & Filters

Comparison of pump heads

Pumps & Pressure Systems

Controllers

Pumps

9 Selecting the Right System For a Plant

Flood irrigation

Sprinkler irrigation

Trickle irrigation

Irrigation of vines

Efficient orchard irrigation

10 Design & Operation of Systems.

Cyclic watering

Pulse watering

Sprinkler spacing

Electrical factors

Electric automatic systems

This course is taught by:

The quality of this course is second to none, from the in-depth learning you will get to the expert individual mentoring you will receive throughout your studies. The mentors for this course are:

Susan Stephenson is a passionate and experienced horticulturist and garden designer. She has authored three books, lectures at 2 Further and Higher Education Colleges, teaching people of all ages and backgrounds about the wonders of plants and garden design, and tutors many students by correspondence from all over the world.

Susan studied botany at Royal Holloway College (Univ of London) and worked in the trading industry before returning to her first love plants and garden design. She is therefore, well placed to combine business knowledge with horticulture and design skills. Her experience is wide and varied and she has designed gardens for families and individuals. Susan is a mentor for garden designers who are just starting out, offering her support and advice and she also writes, delivers and assesses courses for colleges, introducing and encouraging people into horticulture and garden design.

In 2010, Susan authored a complete module for a Foundation degree (FDSC) in Arboriculture.

Susan holds the RHS General with Distinction. She continues to actively learn about horticulture and plants and (as her students will tell you) remains passionate and interested in design and horticulture.

Steven has a wealth of Horticultural knowledge, having ran his own Design and Build service, Landscaping company, and been a Head Gardener. His awards include five Gold awards at Leeds in Bloom, two Gold awards at Yorkshire in Bloom and The Yorkshire Rose Award for Permanent Landscaping. Steven has worked with TV’s Phil Spencer as his garden advisor on the Channel 4 TV Programme, “Secret Agent”.

He is qualified to Level 2 NVQ in Amenity Horticulture and has a Diploma in Garden Design which he passed with Distinction. Steven’s Tutor and Mentor was the Chelsea Flower Show Gold Award-winning Garden Designer, Tracy Foster. He also works for a major Horticultural Commercial Grower in the field of Propagation and Craft Gardening. Steven lives in Leeds where he is a Freelance Garden Designer and Garden Advice Consultant.

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Course Prerequisite

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100 hours approx. Course hours given are a guide only. Work at your own pace with no assignment deadlines or completion date. You are in control!

Study Support

Personal tutor/mentor support from industry relevant professionals throughout your whole course. Mentors are contactable by e-mail, telephone and through the online classroom. They provide assistance with your course material, plus discuss, explain and give advice when needed.

Suitability for Self Employment and Small Businesses

Our courses are ideal for sole traders and small business owners and their staff. Customer confidence in what you can do will determine how successful you are in getting clients. Completing one or more of our courses for the service you have to offer, will give you the tools to grow your business.

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Previous students have used their qualification to get into university. However each one will have its own entrance criteria and acceptance may also depend on your other qualifications and experience.

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